Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 13–25, 1964
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Hurricane Gladys (1964) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1964 Atlantic season. It formed on September 13, 1964, reached its peak of 132 mph (213 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 945 mb on September 17, 1964, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 46 mph in 24 hours (to 132 mph on September 17, 1964). The storm lasted 11.8 days and travelled about 3,675 miles (5,914 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.7°N 44.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 15.4°N 46.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 16.2°N 47.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 997 mb | 17.0°N 49.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 17.9°N 50.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 992 mb | 18.8°N 52.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 994 mb | 19.6°N 53.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 994 mb | 20.2°N 54.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 20.7°N 55.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 996 mb | 21.2°N 56.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 992 mb | 21.7°N 57.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 22.2°N 58.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 22.7°N 59.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 986 mb | 23.0°N 60.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 23.3°N 60.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 23.7°N 62.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 974 mb | 24.2°N 63.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 954 mb | 24.5°N 64.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 945 mb | 25.0°N 65.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 00:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 951 mb | 25.4°N 65.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 951 mb | 25.8°N 66.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 12:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 952 mb | 26.1°N 67.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 18:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 953 mb | 26.4°N 67.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 00:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 947 mb | 26.7°N 68.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 951 mb | 27.0°N 68.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 960 mb | 27.3°N 69.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 962 mb | 27.6°N 69.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 962 mb | 27.9°N 69.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 965 mb | 28.4°N 69.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 967 mb | 28.9°N 69.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 964 mb | 29.4°N 69.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 964 mb | 29.8°N 69.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 969 mb | 30.4°N 69.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 980 mb | 31.2°N 69.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 977 mb | 32.3°N 70.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 984 mb | 33.1°N 70.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 980 mb | 33.7°N 71.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 984 mb | 33.9°N 71.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 982 mb | 34.2°N 72.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 979 mb | 34.8°N 72.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 977 mb | 35.6°N 72.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 982 mb | 36.4°N 71.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 974 mb | 37.7°N 70.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 980 mb | 39.2°N 69.0°W | 181 mi SSE of Harwich, Massachusetts |
| Sep 24 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 982 mb | 40.9°N 66.9°W | 174 mi ESE of Harwich, Massachusetts |
| Sep 24 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 42.8°N 64.2°W | 131 mi SSW of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Sep 24 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 44.7°N 59.8°W | 101 mi S of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Sep 25 00:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 47.5°N 54.9°W | 89 mi W of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Gladys.
At its peak on September 17, 1964, Gladys was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 132 mph (213 km/h) and a central pressure of 945 mb.
11.8 days, from September 13, 1964 to September 25, 1964, including 228 hours at hurricane strength (66 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 3,675 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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